I actually knew a guy who'd been sent for three days into the woods to live to "live off the land" as a kid. His dad was a survivalist creep.Yep, it damaged him. He ended up discovering drugs & they helped a bit, but not all that much. He still has trust issues.

Disregard all the misinformation about meth and prior arrest in TFA. These people were actually reviving the ancient Spartan tradition of Agoge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoge), the military-centric education given to all young male Spartans.

I'm thinking 'abandonment in the woods' is likely a more charitable act than remaining tethered to a couple of meth addicts. Though Florida's freakin' DCF record makes survival in the woods seem like the better option, if I had to be the kids in this scenario.